Double by Arzamastsev did no help Salavat Yulaev beat Lokomotiv

UFA, 25 December 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Natalia Ovcharuk/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

On December 24, the Ufa club Salavat Yulaev met on home ice with HC Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl). The guests arrived in the capital of Bashkortostan after the away victory over Avangard (2: 0). Salavat Yulaev at home won though with difficulty Severstal (3: 2).

The game started with a penalty and a power play capitalized on by Lokomotiv. Alexey Semenov went to the penalty bench and allowed his rivals to come forward. Daniel Apalkov scored a goal. However, before the end of the first 20 minutes of the match, Salavat won back. Zakhar Arzamastsev scored a goal in the third match in a row - 1: 1.

In the second period, the guests came forward again with the help of George Ivanov's wrist shot (this is the third goal of the forward in the KHL).

In the third period, the third puck hit the Juha Metsola’s net in the 42nd minute. However, Salavat Yulaev after three minutes scored again: Arzamastsev made a double. In the next goal episode, the defender also took part, and Dmitry Kugryshev directed the puck to the net - 3: 3.

In the overtime, the team of Nikolay Tsulygin lost to the Yaroslavl club - 3: 4.

Note that in this match, Maxim Rybin made his debut for HC Salavat Yulaev.